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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dr Marie Tidball

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Dr Marie Tidball voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 293 different votes 297 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
78.2%
6% above average
Rank 241 of 650
1,934
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
619 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
47.7% of votes cast
1,007
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
46
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
118
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
55
-99.6 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£221,186
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£221,186
2% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API